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Judges and Judiciary
Sep. 13, 2019
Leader of LA County courts through difficult times dead at 79
Retired Superior Court Judge James A. Bascue, who over his 35-year career rose from prosecutor to presiding judge before having his own encounter with the law, died Wednesday.
James A. Bascue, who over his 35-year career rose from county prosecutor to presiding judge of the nation’s largest court system, died Wednesday. He was 79.
The Los Angeles native and combat military veteran was known as an affable and easy going man who brought post-court unification cohesion to the court, developed its current leadership positions and marshaled it through the events of Sept. 11.
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